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Is your piano the focal point of your home? Do visitors naturally gravitate toward it? Since I bought my "new to me" grand, everyone, including Girl Scout saleswomen, and trick of treaters ask about it looking in the doorway. My house is very contemporary and austere, but the piano is definately the "Wow Factor" these days. What about you?

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Marriage is like a card game, you start with two hearts and a diamond, later you wish you had a club and a spade!Yamaha G7 Yamaha CVP75 digital, Allen 3500 theater organ

Is your piano the focal point of your home? Do visitors naturally gravitate toward it? Since I bought my "new to me" grand, everyone, including Girl Scout saleswomen, and trick of treaters ask about it looking in the doorway. My house is very contemporary and austere, but the piano is definately the "Wow Factor" these days. What about you?

I can't seem to be able to post pictures on this site, I'm probably not with the program, however, if you go to Flicker, you should be able to see photos going to thetandyman.com. Let me know if it works?

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Marriage is like a card game, you start with two hearts and a diamond, later you wish you had a club and a spade!Yamaha G7 Yamaha CVP75 digital, Allen 3500 theater organ

Don’t know about others visiting my home, but when I walk into my home and see my Yamaha C7, I’m the one who is in aw… it is a fabulous sight to behold, not to mention an amazing musical instrument. So, it is, in essence, the focal point of my home, to me at least.

Of course, my pocket knife collection is pretty nice too.

Rick

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Piano enthusiast and amateur musician: "Treat others the way you would like to be treated". Yamaha C7. YouTube Channel

ventil, hilarious! I'd keep the cat. Strangely enough, when I was married, we had 2 twin Sons that were very talented musically. they played the drums and Bass guitar. And they eventually played all over the Mid Central states. However, I could play the piano or theater organ and our three dogs would lay around the room, but when the boys played, we had to put them in the backyard. Good canine taste, I tell ya!

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Marriage is like a card game, you start with two hearts and a diamond, later you wish you had a club and a spade!Yamaha G7 Yamaha CVP75 digital, Allen 3500 theater organ

Mine isn't the focal point. In fact, it is hidden upstairs in a small bedroom because my wife isn't too fond of my mediocre playing. Still, whenever I visit someone's home and there is a piano, it's all I can do to keep my hands off of it, so I imagine a beautiful Mason-Hamlin seven foot BB in polished ebony like mine would be a focal point if anyone could see it. Oh well, I am self-conscious when I play so I also prefer that it is in a room where I can close the door and relax when I play.

I could play the piano or theater organ and our three dogs would lay around the room, but when the boys played, we had to put them in the backyard.

Might have something to do with what is being played. Mine strongly prefer gentle and sweet to clanging.

Generally when I play the dogs gather round the piano and lie down on the floor near me, just listening. I think they like the vibrations. It's so cute! Last night it was Schubert D.935 No. 1 which is particularly sweet.

I had a cat who would jump on my lap while I played, but only when I played the Arietta from Beethoven Op. 111 (badly).